Gate.



,NTTED STATES SAMUEL A. lVINE, OF QUICKSBURG, VIRGINIA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,161, dated August 29, 1899.

Application filed April 6, 1899. Serial No. 712,000. (No model.)

To all whom, t Trl/ty concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL ANVINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Quicksburg, in the county of Shenandoah and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to gates in general and more particularly to farm-gates, and has for its object to provide a cheap and effective construction whereby the gate may be opened or closed without necessitating the operator to leave his vehicle. g

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification and inwhich like letters of reference indicate Asimilar parts in the several views, Figure lis a perspective View showing Imy gate when closed. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing my gate opened.

Referring now to the drawings, in operating in accordance with my invention I set a hinge-post a and a latch-post b firmly in the ground in the usual manner. To the hingepost a I connect, by means of any suitable style of hinges c, a gate comprising uprights d and e and cross-pieces f, with any suitable style of bracing, all of which form no part of my invention. The upright e is formed double, as shown, and passed between its elements is a reciprocatory bolt g, having pivotal connection with a pivoted lever 7L, at#

tached to the gate and extending in such manner as to adapt it for hand-operation when desired. A spring t', secured valso to the gate and bearing a pin Z on the bolt, holds the pin pressed normally outwardly to Vengage a corresponding opening in the latch-post b.

Attached to the lever h is a cord m, extending backwardly along the uppermost crosspiece f and through a ring or pulley or other form of guide n, connected to said cross-piece at a suitable distance from its hinge end.

Adjacent the hinge-post a and in a direction therefrom at right angles to the position of the gate when closed is a post or othersupport o for two guides p, the cord n being bif n rcated after passing through the guide n and the bifurcations o* and s thereof passed through their respective guides p. The bifurcation or section ris continued from its guide jp past the post a and to a guidet upon a post a, located at such a point that the ring or handle o at the end of said section may be readily grasped by a person in a vehicle approaching the gate. The second section or bifurcation s is continued in a direction opposite to that of section r and is passed through a guide fw on a post x on the open side of the gate and at such a point that the operator may grasp its ring or handle Without leaving his vehicle and at such a distance as to be free from the path of the gate in its movement. Thus it will be seen that from either side of the gate a section r or s may be drawn to rst draw the bolt g, and that Whensuch bolt is drawn and the lever 71, has engaged its stop y a subsequent drawing will swing the gate open.

In order to hold the gate in an open position,I have pivoted to the post o a spring-catch a in such a position as to engage one of the cross-piecesf of the gate to hold the latter from swinging shut. The movement of the gate through the last degrees of its arc is against a spring b', secured to the post 0 or other support, which spring tends to throw the gate in an opposite direction with a force suflicient to close it and seat its latching-bolt. If, therefore, I provide means for releasing the gate from the latch a, it will be swung shut by the said spring.

In order to operate the latch a to release the gate, I have connected with each bifurcation or section r and s a cord CZ', the opposite endsv of which are connected with the latch a', so that they will either one operate to release the latch if drawn sufficiently far. The cords are so proportioned that if the gate were drawn slowly the latch a would be operated to lower its catching end before the gate got entirely open. Thus in order to operate the mechanism the gate must be opened so that its momentum will carry it over the last degrees of its arc of oscillation, when its pressure against the inclined edge of the latch will cause the latter to sink and receive the engaging portion of the gate crosspiece f. Thus it will be seen that when the gate is fastened in an open position the cord between guides p and lever h will hang slack. Thus if the section 0' or s be then drawn upon IOO the latch ct will be operated to release the gate and the said slack will allow the gate to swing sufficiently far to escape the latch before the slack is taken up and the spring will close it. The spring is energized for this operation as the gate is opened, said spring lying in the path of the gate to receive engagement of the gate during the last degrees of its arc of outward oscillation.

It will be noted that the rear upright d of the gate-frame is continued above the top bar and that on the under side of the bottom bar and at the forward end thereof is a rack d. A wire e' is secured to the extension of the upright d and is then passed downwardly to engage the rack and then upwardly to the said extension and forms a brace for the gate. Should the gate sag, the wire in the rack may be adjusted to bring the gate back to its propel' position. Also the outline of the gate may be altered to conform to the lay of the land.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is- The combination of a hinge-post and a latchpost, a gate hinged to the hinge-post and having a latch adapted to engage the latch-post, a guide-post adjacent the hinge-post, a cord connected with the latch to release it and passed through a guide upon the gate adjacent thehinge-post, said cord being bifurcated beyond said guide to form two sections, guides upon the guide-post having said sections passed therethrough in opposite directions, a spring-latch upon the guide-post adapted to engage the gate when it is in an open position and hold it, a connection between each of said cord-sections and the latch upon the guide-post for releasing the latch, the cord connections between the guide-post and gate being slack with respect to the connections between said post and its latch, and a spring upon the guide-post.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL A. WIN E.

Vitnesses:

C. L. BOWMAN, J. A. STOVER. 

